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Venerable Enrique Shaw. / Credit: Acdeano, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jun 21, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). The cause for canonization of Venerable Enrique Shaw, an Argentine husband, father, and businessman remembered for his vocation of service and his close ties to the working class, took another step forward at the…
The pope told the political leaders that “natural law, which is universally valid apart from and above other more debatable beliefs, constitutes the compass by which to take our bearings in legislating and acting.” / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 21, 2025 / 09:30 am (CNA). Pope Leo urged political leaders from around the…
null / Credit: Sasapin Kanka|Shutterstock Brussels, Belgium, Jun 21, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). In an era where mindfulness apps dominate smartphones and meditation studios populate urban corners, a new groundbreaking international study suggests that the ancient Catholic prayer practice of praying the rosary may offer comparable mental health benefits to Eastern-inspired meditation techniques. The…
The outside of Guaranteed Rate Field, where the Chicago White Sox baseball team plays. / Credit: Spirit Juice Studios CNA Staff, Jun 21, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). From popping a wheelie in front of Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home to sitting in “the pope’s chair” at a favorite local pizzeria, filmmaker Rob Kaczmark appeared…
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Sport on June 15, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 21, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV is preparing to celebrate the solemnity of Corpus Christi for the first time as bishop of Rome, one…
null / Credit: LookerStudio/Shutterstock Vatican City, Jun 20, 2025 / 18:46 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has issued a fresh warning about the negative effects that artificial intelligence (AI) can have on the “intellectual and neurological development” of rising generations, along with a call to confront the “loss of the sense of the human” that…
The British Parliament building in London. / Credit: Marinesea/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 20, 2025 / 17:21 pm (CNA). British lawmakers in the House of Commons passed a bill on Friday legalizing assisted suicide for terminally ill patients in England and Wales in spite of warnings from Catholic bishops. To become law, the bill still needs…
American adults in their 20s and 30s plan to have fewer children than adults did a decade ago, Pew Research Center reported on June 19, 2025. / Credit: Fotogrin/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 20, 2025 / 17:51 pm (CNA). American adults in their 20s and 30s plan to have fewer children than adults did a…
The childhood home of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, in Dolton, Illinois. / Credit: Michael Howie, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Jun 20, 2025 / 14:41 pm (CNA). The auction for the childhood home of Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, has been extended by a month and will now close on…
The Catholic bishops in Nigeria’s Onitsha ecclesiastical province have condemned recent attacks in Benue state that reportedly resulted in the death of some 200 people and called for fasting and prayer in honor of the victims. / Credit: Nigeria Catholic Network ACI Africa, Jun 20, 2025 / 13:41 pm (CNA). The Catholic bishops in Nigeria’s…
